Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 24190, Daniel Fish, Mass R.I.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Fish, Daniel
N. 24190
R.I.
Rebecca.
CONTENTS

5747.
Massachusetts
Daniel Fish
of Dighton in the State of Mass who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ command by Col Cooke in the Mass line for _____ Private 18- " _____
77 Pension
Inscribed on the Roll of _____ at the rate of $5 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 th day of Feby 1833 and _____ I Hockley At of Repd
Bears to 4th of Sept 1832 $127.50 Semiant. allowance ending 21 Mar 33 42.50 $170.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by I Hockley Clerk, Book D - Vol. 24 - Page 51.

1289 Massachusetts Rebecca Fish widow of Daniel Fish who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private Hops
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 85 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 day of August 1848 and sent to Daniel Morse South Rehoboth Mass
Entered on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 48 Vol. 2
Reported

Daniel Fish the Son of Robert Fish and Abigail his Wife was born October the 29 th A. D. 1755.
A true Copy of record
Attest Jonathan Jones } Town Clerk of Bighton

Dan Fish
9 mos Private 15 " Corporal
24 " Adm'd M.E.
papers not properly authenticated. witnesses not certified to be credible
8 Nov 1832
$85-
Anselm Brasele N Boston Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Dane Fish of Dighton  vs Bristol  by  in the State of  Mass.  (Act 7 June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a County Probate  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? no  3. How old is he? 70  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served. Gen.   Years, Months, Days.     1775 Novr 1 1 15 private Capt Briggs - can't tell Regt.   1776 March 1 " Capt Simon - Col Cooke   1777 all of that year & part of '78 1 3 Corporal Capt. Gibbs - R.I. State Troops  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dighton  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? living witnesses  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? No clergyman's certificate 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.  H. C. Easton Examining Clerk.

Rebecca Fish widow of Daniel Mass.
act of July 38
8 years Married in 1883
admd
9 mo 27 ds
32.70/400
deed of - died 28- May 1837 - Pen: common on 29 May 1837
St. Joseph Taunton Mass

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
On this Seventeenth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before Oliver Prescott Judge of the Court of Probate in for the County of Bristol Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Rebecca Fish . . . . . a resident of Scituate . . . . . in the county of Bristol aged Seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Daniel Fish late of Scituate aforesaid decd. who was a private and a corporal in the war of the Revolution —
She further says that the said Daniel Fish was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832 and she refers to the application & declaration of the said Daniel Fish for a pension under said act for the rank, time & manner of his said services — She further says that she is not aware that she has any means whatever, whereby she can state the particulars of his said services as required, other than by a reference as aforesaid —

She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Fith on the Thirteenth day of February in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty three that her said husband, the aforesaid Daniel Fith - died on the day of Twenty Eighth day of May  Eighteen hundred thirty seven
that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz : at the time above stated.
Witness
Abner Fith
Rebecca Fith mark
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year above written.
Before
Oliver Prescott
I Oliver Prescott Judge of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
do certify that Rebecca Fith the above named applicant for a pension, cannot by reason of bodily infirmity, attend the court.
Oliver Prescott
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Bristol ss. I, Anselm Bassett, Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that the Hon. Oliver Prescott is the Judge of said Court, which Court is a Court of record, and that the signature annexed to the above certificate is  are  his  his genuine signature.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this Eighteenth day of August eighteen hundred and thirty Eight -
Bassett

("List of Marriages from Swaney")
"Daniel Fish of Dighton & Rebecca Baker of "Swansey were married February the Thirteenth "seventeen hundred eighty three. —
} "All the foregoing couples were married } "in Swansey by me Brattle Mason Master of a } "Church of Christ in Swansey —
I certify the above to be correctly copied from a book in my possession, so far as relates to the marriage of Daniel Fish and Rebecca Baker, with the exception of the date which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures as follows viz.
"February 13 th 1783" —
J. Sproat
} Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court &c. in & for the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts —
I James Sproat above named, depose and say that I am Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court: Court of Common Pleas and Court of County Commissioners in & for said County, & have the records of the former Court of General Sessions of the Peace in said county in my possession — That the above is a true extract from the record of said Court of General Sessions of the Peace among the records of June Term 1783. with the exception above named as certified by me.
J. Sproat } Clerk as aforesaid.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Bristol ss. August 18 th 1838 Subscribed & sworn to before me J. D. D. Smith Justice of the Peace

Daniel Fish
No 3483
Amos Luther
Joseph ...

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, BRISTOL, ss.
At a COURT of PROBATE holden at Dighton in and for said County on the Sixteenth day of August - one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, before the by Adjutant Honorable HODJAH  BAYLIES , Judge of the Probate, &c. for said County, personally appeared Daniel Fiske a resident of Dighton in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy six years,
who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832, make the following declaration. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as hereinafter stated in reply to the fifth subjoined interrogatory; to wit; under Capt. James Briggs, Lt. James Nichols, Ensign Philip Hathaway; cannot tell the regiment; again under Capt. Benjamin Simon, James Smith, Lt. Isaac Esekock ensign; in the regiment commanded by Col. William Richmond, Lt. Col. Bartol, Ensign Isaac Esekock ensign; again under Capt. Josiah Briggs, Lt. Philip Trafton, Ensign Parker, Lt. Clark Parker ensign, in Col. Tappins regiment; I cannot tell the other officers of the regiments;
and further declares as follows, in reply to the interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of War; to wit:
1. Where, and in what year were you born?
Ans. That he was born in Dighton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty five .
2. Have you any record of your age; and if so, where is it?
The record of my birth is on the Book kept for that purpose by said Town according to law, a certified copy of which under the hand of the present Town Clerk is hereto annexed.
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live?
I have always lived in Dighton.
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom?
I voluntarily enlisted every time, either in the militia or State Troops
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Under Captain Briggs I marched from Dighton to Roxbury in the month of November in the year seventeen hundred and seventy five, where we performed guard service in the army then besieging Boston; I served there six weeks, my stay was so short I cannot tell many of the other officers or regiments; I remember a Col. Brewer there; Gen. Washington was there commanding in chief; Gen. Putnam was also there; Under Capt. Simon, which was in the Rhode Island State Troops, I entered in the year seventeen hundred and seventy six, in the month of March and served in this Company one year; we marched from Warren in R. I. State to Bristol in the same state staid there awhile, thence we went to Rhode Island, and were stationed on the Islands awhile, then marched into the Town where we staid until the British took possession, then we crossed Howland's Ferry, & marched to Slades Ferry where we crossed & marched through Swansea in this State and thence through Warren to Bristol in R. I. State where we staid till our service was out; Under Capt. Simon our Col. was changed & our regiment was part of the time under the command of Col. John Cooke, under Capt. Gibbs. I served fifteen months, in the R. I. State Troops, we marched to Howland's Ferry in Swansea R. I. State, and were stationed there a part of our term and a part of the term at Fogland's Ferry in Little Compton in the same state, guarding the coasts against any incursion of the enemy from R. I. Island; this was in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven, the whole of that year, & part of the year seventeen hundred & seventy eight. I served as Corporal during this last campaign; I recollect Col. Crary's regiment, & also Brigadier Gen. Cornwall were with the troops while I served in Capt. Gibbs's Company. I am not able from infirmity often to attend meeting, and have no clergyman to call upon.
1 st 15 days
1 st - -
1 st 2 nd

6. Were you a Soldier or an Officer? if a Soldier, did you ever receive a discharge from the service; and, if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? if an Officer, did you ever receive a commission, and if so by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? I was a soldier & a corporal; I never had a written discharge.
7. State the names of the persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a Soldier of the Revolution.
Constant Simmons & Richard Westcoat Esq.
And the said Daniel Fish — — — — doth further declare that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency of the State of  Danl Fish
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H. Baylies , Judge of Probate.
WE Constant Simmons aged fifty nine years residing in Dighton — — and Richard Westcoat aged 55 years residing in the same town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Fish — — who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be about seventy six years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Constant Simmons Richard Westcoat Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
H. Baylies , Judge of Probate.
AND the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Constant Simmons who has signed the preceding certificate is — — — — resident in the Town of Dighton — — in said County of Bristol, and that Richard Westcoat who has also signed the same is a resident in said Town, and is a  are a credible person, and that their — — — — statement is entitled to credit.
H. Baylies , Judge of Probate. Register of Probate.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, } BRISTOL, ss. }
I Anselm Bassett — — Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Daniel Fish — — of Dighton — — in said County, for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the day and year first above written.
Anselm Bassett

Ready
WIDOW, &c.
Ready
File No. 24/90
Rebecca Fish
wid. of
Daniel Fish
corpl. Rev. war
Act Feb. 2 nd 1848.
Index : Vol A , Page 239
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Massachusetts - 434
Rebecca Lick, widow of Daniel Lick, dec.
who was a pensioner under the Act of Sept 7 - '32 and who died on the 28 th May 1837 of Upton in the State of Massachusetts who was a Rev. in the Capt y commanded by Captain Tapp of the Reg t commanded by — Peasey in the Mass s line for 9 months 27 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Mass s at the rate of 32 Dollars 70 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1838.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 th day of Sept r '38, and signed A Bapst Treasurer, Mass s
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept $ 81.75 Semi-annual allowance ending 16.35 $ 98.10
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R Burdine Clerk, Book A - Vol. 1 - Page 87

8014
Massachusetts
Rebecca Fisho widow of Daniel Fisho
who was a pensioner under the Act of 7 th June 32 and who died on the 28 th of May 1837. of Upton in the State of Massachusetts who was a Priv t Cor. in the Company commanded by Captain Taft of the Regiment commanded by Col t  Cooke in the Massachusetts line for 24 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 85 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the twenty eighth day of January 1844 and sent to Hon ble Henry Williams , House of Representatives
Total amount, $425.00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. H. Darrac Clerk, Book D Vol. 1 Page 57

760
Massachusetts
Rebecca Fish widow of Daggett Fish who was a private & Corp. in the Revolution
Increase from $32:70 pr. ann.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 85 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 day of Feby, 1843, and sent to Hon. Henry Williams Ho. Rep.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1 Page 41
Apr 16. Feb. 44

Massachusetts - 434 -
Rebecca Fisk widow of Daniel Fisk
who was a pensioner under the Act of June '32. and who died on the 28 May 1837 - of Milton - in the State of Mass'ts - who was a private in the company - commanded by Captain Taft, - of the Regt. - commanded by Col. Hovey - in the Mass'ts - line for 9 mos. & 27 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts - at the rate of 32 Dollars 70 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836. Ending 28 May 1837 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 16th - day of March 1843 and sent to Elijah Clark Bridgewater, Mass'ts -
Arrears to the 4th of Semi-annual allowance ending
$39.96
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Book 4 - Vol. 1 - Page 87 Clerk,
Repd 18 Mar '43 New certificate ip'd in this case, see opinion of Atty: Genl p 20 Sep - -ember 1842
let to A. Bassett July. 14. 1843

Daniel Fish Served in Rhode Island as a Common Soldier Under Col Will m Richmond & Col John Cooke Capt Benj m Dimes of Bristol R.I.
Witness
Amos Luther
Bristol ss Brighton July 30 th 1832 Personally appeared the above named Amos Luther and made oath to the truth of what he has witnessed before me Israel Anthony justice of the Peace

I Jonathan Bushee of Warren in the County of Bristol in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations of Lawful age to give Evidence do testify and say that I was in the fifteen months Rhode Island State Service in the Revolutionary army Stationed at Fivertown Rhode Island State and in the Regiment commanded by John Tappan in the Company commanded by Josiah Gibbs and I hereby certify that Daniel Fish of Dighton in the County of Bristol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was a Soldier in said Regiment and Company and served out the said time of fifteen months - Jonathan Bushee August the 1 st 1832 -
Bristol ss. August the 1 st 1832 -
Then the said Jonathan Bushee Personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the above above Deposition by him subscribed before me Thomas Peck Justice of the Peace

Bristol ss. Nov. 29. 1832. I hereby certify that the within named deponent, Jonathan Barker, is a respectable and credible person -
Thomas Peck Just. of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Bristol ss. I Anselm Barrett, Register of the Court of Probate in for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Thomas Peck is a Justice of the Peace within the said County of Bristol and duly qualified to administer oaths & that the signatures to the within and above certificates purporting to be his are his genuine signatures -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this
nineteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty three -
Anselm Barrett

J. L. Edwards Esq. Coun l of Pennins
Washington

Fauntleroy Mass. August 11. 1843
Sir,
Herewith you will receive such explanation in relation to Rebecca Fish widow of Daniel Fish dec? as can now be given - I can only say that the error was not discovered by me at the time of the receipt of her five years pension certificate - If I had discovered it, it seems to me I should have sent it back for correction - Very Respectfully Yours Vry truly A. Harris
J. L. Edwards Esq Comr of Pensions Washington

Washington Dec r 27. 1843.
Sir,
I have received the following letter soliciting information from your Department. Will you have the kindness to furnish it to me, & return the letter.
I am very respectfully Your ob t . serv t . J. V. Williams
Hon J. L. Edwards Comm r of Pensions

J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington

Taunton July 31. 1843
Sir,
I return the accompanying Pension certificate N o . 720 for amendment — The name is Fish and not Fisk — Very Respectfully Yours W th Hunt A. Bassett
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D C

Commonwealth of Massachusetts -
Bristol ss. At a Court of Probates, held at Dighton in and for said County of Bristol on the fourth day of January A.D. 1833 -
I Abraham Guther a Clergyman, residing in the town of Dighton in said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that I am well acquainted with Daniel Fish of said Dighton who has subscribed and sworn to a declaration for a pension — That I believe him to be about seventy six or seventy seven years of age: That he is reputed & believed, in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I concur in that opinion ————— Abraham Guther

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Witnesseth. I Amos Barrett, Register of the Court of Probate in said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Hodijah Baylies is the Judge of the said Court of Probate and qualified to act as such and that the signature to the within certificate purporting to be his is his genuine signature -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of January eighteen hundred and thirty three - Amos Barrett.

Daniel Fish

Taunton June. 19. 1833
Hon. A. Cass Secy of War - Sir,
Israel Anthony Esq. who took the affidavit of Amos Luther which was originally affixed to the declaration of Daniel Fish of Dighton, having removed a distance of 17 or 18 Miles from this place & the said Luther residing less than three Miles from me I deemed it less trouble to take his affidavit anew, than to send the papers to said Anthony for his certificate as to the credibility of said Luther - Accordingly I annex said affidavit of said Luther as taken anew - Respectfully Amos Luther J. B. Bassett.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Bristol ss. I Andrew Barrett, Register of the Court of Probate in & for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that H Barrett whose signature is affixed to the within certificate is a Justice of the Peace and qualified to administer oaths - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this nineteenth day of January Eighteen hundred and thirty three - Andrew Barrett.

Amos Luther of Dighton in the County of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy four years most  do hereby certify and say that I served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war in William Richmond Regiment under Capt. Colap Carr in the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six — At that time I knew Daniel Fish who is now living, and residing in Dighton aforesaid — I knew him as a private soldier & he belonged to the same Regiment with myself & he served in the company commanded by Captain Benjamin Simon or Simond — said Fish joined the company of Capt. Simon in the Spring of the year Seventeen hundred and Seventy six — I do not know how long he served — Amos Luther
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss. Jan'y. 18. 1833. Amos Luther subscribed and made oath to the above Affidavit before me Abner Justus of the Peace and I certify that said Luther is a respectable & credible person — Abner Just. of the Peace

3483
Dane Fish
x Clappiana x amethystina
7.
Madam Paphos Bedford Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Dane Fish which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [Handwritten line] IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?  No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?  Yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  No
XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?  No
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?  Yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?  No
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the affidavits must be properly authenticated, as above directed.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
11 — Lippincott 14 & 16. 80 —

Admit, private
$32. 70.
Map. Agency
Send to
A. Bapett
Taunton
Mass.
Henry Wms
W.R.

760 The erasure was made in the seventeenth line and thirty two dollars and seventy Cents was interlined before signing. Lem. Morse Justice Peace.
State of Massachusetts } ss. On this Nineteenth day of April one thousand Bristol County. } eight hundred and forty three, personally appeared before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within and for the said County of Bristol, Rebecca Fish resident in Dighton in the said County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts aged Eighty-one years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed on the Third day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty three, granting Pensions to widows of Persons who served during the revolutionary war, That she is the widow of Daniel Fish who was a Private and served one or more campaigns in said war, but by reason of age and the impaired state of her memory, she is unable to declare the exact amount of all his services, or the Officers under whom he served, but she refers to the proof which was annexed to her decla- -ration for a Pension, which she made at the time when she was pen- -sioned under the Act of Congress of July seventh eighteen hundred and thirty eight, by which she was allowed thirty two dollars & seventy cents annually from the death of her said husband to the Fourth of March eighteen hundred and forty one, & has also received the arrears, making the term of five years, and which she believes is now on file in the Pension Office at Washington. She further declares that she is still a widow, and has never intermarried since the death of her late Husband the said Daniel Fish deceased. Reference to the affidavit of Joseph D. Briggs which is herunto annexed.
Witnesses { Abner Fish Nancy E. Fish
Rebecca X Fish mark
State of Massachusetts } ss. Sworn and subscribed on the day and year Bristol County. } first above written by Rebecca Fish the declarant who is personally and well known to me.
Before me Lem. Morse Justice Peace.

I, Joseph D. Briggs of Dighton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts being Fifty two years of age, do testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Rebecca Fish of said town of Dighton for more than thirty years now last past. And I do further testify, and say that she is still living, and in said Town of Dighton, and that she is the identical person who was the wife, and is now the widow of Daniel Fish late of said Dighton, deceased, and I do further testify and say, that the said Rebecca Fish has never intermarried since the death of her late Husband the said Daniel Fish deceased, but continues his widow to the present day, and that she is the same Rebecca Fish who was pensioned, as I believe under the Act of Congress of the seventh of July eighteen hundred and thirty eight for about five years.
Dated at Dighton April 19 th 1843. Joseph D. Briggs
State of Massachusetts } ss. Bristol County - }
On the nineteenth day of April eighteen hundred and forty three personally appeared Joseph D. Briggs a credible and disinterested witness, and who is well known to me, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true in all its parts.
Before me Lem. Morton Justice Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol County ss. I Amos Bassett Register of the Court of Probate in and for said County, do hereby certify that Samuel Morse whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificates, was, at the date thereof, and still is, a Justice of the Peace in for said County —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this twenty second day of April Eighteen hundred & forty three A Bassett

Clarn 6 Rebecca Fish Mass.
at 7. July 38
$32 70 / 100 from 4 March 26 to 28 May 1837-
1. 2. 22
32.70 2.72 2.72 91 91 39.96
Elijah Cook Brighton Mass.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Bristol ss.
On this eighth day of March eighteen hundred and forty three. Personally appeared before Me. Joshua Drown a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Bristol. Rebecca Fish, resident of Dighton in said county, eighty one years of age, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on her make the following Declaration in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the fourth of March 1836, to the twenty eighth day of May in the year 1837, from which period she has been already paid under the Act of the seventh of July 1838, and the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Daniel Fish who was a private in the Revolutionary War, that her pension was allowed at the rate of thirty two dollars and seventy cents per annum, and was paid to her at the agency at Boston in the State of Massachusetts, and further she saith not. Rebecca her Fish mark
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written. Before Me. Joshua Drown Justice Peace
Bristol ss. Dighton March 8 th 1843.
I hereby certify that Rebecca Fish who has signed the above Declaration by making her mark, is well known to me to be the widow of Daniel Fish of said Dighton deceased, and it is reputed she has formally received a pension from the United States Joshua Drown Justice Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Secretary's Office March 11 th 1843
I hereby certify that at the date of the within attestation Joshua Drown was a Justice of the Peace for the County of Bristol.
Witness the Seal of the State
John A. Bollen
Secretary of the Commonwealth

I Almer Fish of Brighton in the County of Bristol Commonwealth of Massachu- :setts aged sixty two years do testify & say that Daniel Fish late of Brighton aforesaid deceased, was my father - That he was a pensioner under the act of Congress of June 7. 1832 - That he died on the twenty eighth day of May Eighteen hundred & thirty seven, leaving a widow viz. Rebecca Fish who is my mother & that the said Rebecca Fish has not been married since the decease of her late husband the said Daniel Fish -  Almer Fish
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. Aug. 17. 1838 Almer Fish a credible witness made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed - Before me A. Barron Dist. Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bristol ss. I Amos Barron Register of the Court of Probate in the said County do hereby certify that Amos Barron is a Justice of the Peace in the said County & that the signature to the foregoing certificate purporting to be his is a genuine - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eighteenth day of August Eighteen hundred & thirty eight.  A. Barron

I Thomas Lewin of Swansea in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts of lawful age do on Oath testify That Daniel Fish of Highton in the said County of Bristol was a Soldier in the revolutionary war That I was personally knowing to his serving one year in the company commanded by Capt Benjamin Diner of Bristol R.I. in Col William Richmond's and Col John Cooke's Regiment of the Rhode Island State Troops
Thomas Lewin
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } Bristol ss August 10th 1832
Then the above named Thomas Lewin Personally appeared and made Oath to the truth of the above Deposition by him subscribed
Before me Richard Westcoat Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bristol ss. I James Spratt Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for said County of Bristol, do hereby certify that Israel Anthony, Thomas Rich, and Richard Westcoat Esqrs., whose signatures are affixed to the foregoing and annexed certificates, are Justices of the peace, within said County of Bristol, and duly qualified to administer oaths -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
James Spratt
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Bristol ss. Dec. 24. 1832 I certify that Thomas Lewin who signed the above affidavit is a disinterested & credible witness
Richard Westcoat Justice of the Peace

Rebecca Fish
99/60
Admitted
Samuel Morse North Rehoboth Mass

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefits of the act of Congress of 2d. February, 1848, entitled, "An act making further provision for surviving Widows and Soldiers of the Revolution."
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, } ss. Bristol County, }
On this twenty eighth day of July, 1848, personally appeared before the subscriber, a justice of the Peace, in and for the county aforesaid, Rebecca Fish a resident of Dighton in the County of Bristol aged Eighty Seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2d. February, 1848, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Daniel Fish who was a resident of Dighton in said County, and who was a Corporal in the army of the Revolution, and is the identical person who drew a pension under the Act of 17th. June, 1844, on account of the Revolutionary service of her late husband aforesaid, at the rate of Eighty five dollars and — cents per annum. She further declares that she is still a widow.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written, } Rebecca X Fish mark In presence of } Before me, Alpheus Fish } Lem d Morse Justice of the Peace Richard M c Whitcomb
I Certify, That the declarant is personally known to me, a widow and a Pensioner, as she declares. Lem d Morse Justice of the Peace.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts } ss. Bristol County, }
I James Sprague Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County and State aforesaid do certify that Lem d Morse Esq r is a Justice of the Peace, in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified; and that his signature, above written, is genuine.
Given under my hand, and the seal of said Court this twenty ninth day of July A.D. 1848. J s Sprague

Rebecca Fish
Mass
act 7 July 38 for correction
adm 9 mo pri 15 - Cople
$85
Deduct all pay- ments under act of 7 July 38 made to Rebecca Fisk or Fish -
Hon: Henry Williams H.R.

I, Lem. Morse of Rehoboth in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, being Forty Eight years of age, do testify and say, that I have opitted Rebecca Fish of Dighton in said County and State, widow of Daniel Fish, deceased, to get her Pension from the Pension Office in Boston, by writing Power of Attorney, &c. She often told me that her husband the said Daniel Fish de d . received a Pension of more than Eighty Dollars a year, and that she thought she ought to be entitled to as much as he received.
I further testify and say, that I never noticed that the Pension Certificate which she had was in favor of Rebecca Fish, I always thought it was a Certificate to Rebecca Fish.
I further testify and say that the Pension Certificate which the said Rebecca Fish had was for Thirty Two Dollars and Seventy Cents per annum, as appears by the minutes which I have preserved.
Rehoboth Aug. 3. 1843.
Lem. Morse
Bristol ss. August 3 d 1843 Lemuel Morse a credible witness made oath to the truth of the above affidavit by him signed —
Before me Joseph Wilbar - Justice of Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol County ss. I Amos Barrett Magister of the Court of Nisi in the said County, do hereby certify that Joseph Wilbar whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace in the said County.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court this eleventh day of August 1843
A. Barrett

I, Eliakim Briggs of Dighton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, being seventy seven years of age, do testify and say that I have been well acquainted with Mrs. Rebecca Fish of said town of Dighton for more than Fifty years now last past, and I do further testify and say that she is still living and in said town of Dighton, and that she is the identical person, who was the wife, and is now the widow of Daniel Fish late of said Dighton deceased, that the said Daniel Fish dec d . received a pension of the United States according to the best of my recollection, of more than Eighty dollars a year, and I do further testify and say that the said Rebecca Fish has never intermarried since the death of her late Husband the said Daniel Fish deceased, but continues his widow to the present day, and that she is the same Rebecca Fish who was pensioned as I suppose under the Act of Congress of July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty eight for five years.
Dated at Dighton July 31st. 1843. Eliakim Briggs
State of Massachusetts } Bristol County } ss.
On the Thirty first day of July 1843. Personally appeared Eliakim Briggs a credible and disinterested witness, who is well known to me, and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is just and true in all its parts. Before me Lem n Morse Justice Peace.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mistat County ss. (Franklin County) Register of the Court of Probate in for said County, do hereby cer- tify that Lemuel Morse whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate, was at the date thereof and still is a Justice of the Peace in for said County —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this eleventh day of August eighteen hundred forty three — A. Merrill

I Rebecca Fish of Dighton in the County of Bristol and State of Massachusetts being Eighty two years of age, widow of Daniel Fish late of said Dighton in said County and State, deceased, do testify and say that my husband the said Daniel Fish dec d was a Pensioner of the United States, and received Eighty Five Dollars a year for a pension. That after the Act of Congress of July seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty eight, granting pensions to certain widows for five years, I employed Amos Babbett Esq. of Taunton to obtain my Pension Certificate from the War Department at Washington, and I received a Certificate granting me, the said Rebecca Fish, as I thought. I never noticed or observed that it was written Rebecca Fisk, the sum of Thirty two dollars and seventy cents annually for five years. I have received that amount yearly for the whole term of five years, but I was never satisfied that it was correct, for I knew that my Husband the said Daniel Fish dec d received the said sum of Eighty five Dollars a year, and I thought that the same evidence which established his claim to a Pension, would be sufficient to establish mine, I have sent the necessary evidence (as I suppose) to the War Department, to establish my claim to a pension under the last act of Congress for one year, and I hope the Hon. Secretary of War will grant me a Certificate for the full amount of Pension to which I am entitled, and for all arrears.
Dated at Dighton July 31st. 1843.
Rebecca her X Fish mark
Witnesses. Ebenezer Fish Lem. Morse
State of Massachusetts Bristol County } ss. Sworn and subscribed on the day and year above written by Rebecca Fish who is personally and well known to me Lem. Morse. Justice Peace.